Cults Questions and Answers
"Cultic Dimensions of the London 7/21 Bombings" by Dennis Tourish, Ph.D.
"Eight Marks of a Mind-Control Cult" by Randall Watters
Village Voice - "Scientology Escapee Tells Skeptics' Group How It's Done" By Candice M. Giove
"10 Doomsday Cults"
"The Cult Demarcation Problem" by Steven Novella
"Cults thrive on tax-free status: Xenophon"


Lecture: "Cults and Coercion: How Ordinary People are Turned into Extraordinary Fanatics" Ex-Scientologist Paul Grosswald (8/15/2009)

TED Talks - Diane Benscoter on how cults rewire the brain:


CULTS: DANGEROUS DEVOTION:




Jim Jones & The People's Temple:


Jehovah's Witnesses:


"10 Things You Don't Know About Jehovah's Witnesses" by Isaac J. Harris
Jehovah Witness’ blog
Watchtower Apology for 1975

Alex Jones A Cult Leader here and here.
"The Manson Mindset"
Village Voice - "Scientology Escapee Tells Skeptics' Group How It's Done" By Candice M. Giove


Mormonism:


Recovery from Mormonism


Irreligiosophy podcast

Conspiracy Skeptic Unplugged podcast Episode 7 - Charles Morrison and the White Salamander Letter
"Mormon prophecy" by PZ Myers


The Family:
xfamily.org

xfamily.org - "Flirty Fishing"


OTHER CULTS: "Identifying and Avoiding Autism Cults" by Shannon Des Roches Rosa
"The Scary Yoga Obsession" by Catherine Elton
"Identifying and Avoiding Autism Cults" by Shannon Des Roches Rosa

For more information on cults, see:
rickross.com
International Cultic Studies Association
Cult Information Service
our page on Scientology. Wikipedia page on Mind Control

And for examples of what cults are not, here's a propaganda video that attempts to label government, military, and education as cults:

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